Musk's Tesla will mass-produce a new sports car in 2020, with a 100-kilometer acceleration of 1.9 seconds, which is considered by many to be a bombshell. But this is not the case. Tesla isn't the first company to achieve that goal, but his efforts have given people a glimpse into the possibilities of the car's future. It all starts with a simple truth – make our brains smarter. But in the animal kingdom, although almost no animal can match Tesla's race speed, how does this structure accelerate from kilometers to 320 kilometers in just 0.000015 seconds, and how can the tiny ants avoid their own collapse?
This ant is the fastest biting animal on Earth, Draculaants. In human history, the vampire ant has been a frightening species, but as scientists dig deeper into it, they find that it can perform various tasks as quickly and efficiently as other creatures, which can not help but be amazing! A team of researchers led by Professor Andrew Suarez of the University of Illinois recently discovered that vampire ants bite at speeds of 320 kilometers per hour. This number is difficult to understand, in simple terms, a person's blink time is about 0.3 seconds, while the vampire ant only needs 0.00006 seconds to bite, which is really amazing!
The vampire ant is a relatively rare ant ant that is mainly found in the rainforests of Australia and Southeast Asia, and its appearance is very different from the ants we see every day. Vampire ants belong to the coleoptera family of insects, which are vampire pests that parasitize humans or other animals. Vampire ants have a strange name called "vampire ants" because of their terrifying overtones. Hence the name. Vampire ants are petite and maroon- with heads wider than the average ant, strange hairs on the brain doors, and two rows of scary teeth in their mandibles.
Why do vampire ants bite so fast? It's unbelievable. Scientists believe that the "teeth" of this organism are actually wrapped in a very thin layer of colloidal substances called "adhesins". Adhesions stick to food. The team at the University of Illinois used cameras, X-rays and computers to uncover secrets hidden in the mandibles of ants.
The researchers used observation devices to zoom in on the vampire ant's jaw and found that its unique jaw gave it an unusual bite rate. Researchers refer to this particular creature as the "vampire ant." Vampire ants are very peculiar in evolution, not only preying on other kinds of small animals, but also attacking prey. Their teeth make a sound similar to sound waves. Unlike ordinary ants, vampire ants have embedded mandibles, "latches" and levers in their jaws, which work like mousetraps, but the spring splints of the mousetraps are separated and the jaws of vampire ants are fully connected! In this way, the three-in-one super gadget is like a giant catapult that can completely defeat all species! Cameras and slow motion show that these small ants, which are less than 1 cm long, accelerated from 0 to 320 km/h in just 0.000015 seconds!
The speed at which the vampire ant bites is staggering, so how does it use super-powerful equipment to catch prey?
According to entomologist Andrew Suarez, ants use their jaws to attack arthropods, such as centipedes, and they are also natural hunters. But centipedes can take advantage of their speed, repeatedly slaming their prey before counterattacking, knocking them unconscious, and then taking them back to their nests to enjoy themselves.
Fortunately, all of these bite processes occur outside the jaws of vampire ants compared to other similar insects, which allows the researchers to measure these forces so precisely. The researchers concluded that this conclusion was correct after a series of tests on a mosquito and a fly, and that it provided strong evidence for further study of blood-sucking behavior. Because of this new discovery, a new mechanical structure may be stimulated!